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    HSA question

    I just signed up for a new high deductible health plan at work, so I am eligible to open an HSA. My wife is still using the low deductible health plan, so she is not. Can I use my HSA to pay for medical expenses for my spouse (like contact lenses and other things that aren't covered by her...
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    Kill me

    The right wing loon I share an office with has been listening to Christmas music non-stop the last 2 days. It's not even Thanksgiving yet for christ sake. I might jump out the window if this keeps up for the next month and a half. :'( Thankfully I'm going on vacation next week, so maybe he'll...
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    Welfare

    I think people who get pregnant while receiving welfare or other kinds of government assistance should be given a choice: 1) Give the baby up for adoption 2) Have an abortion 3) Keep the baby, but give up rights to ever receive welfare again Thoughts?
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    Parents of ATOT:

    How much does it really cost to have a kid? I see all these studies saying it costs 250K for 18 years, but they always factor in a huge amount for housing and auto. I already have a 4 bedroom house and 2 cars. I can't see how the rest of the stuff (ignoring daycare and college) would cost...
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    Ad running on weather.com right now

    http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/The+Villages+FL+USFL0617:1:US Is anyone else seeing the ad "Pay off your home ? years" near the bottom with the woman moving her arms around? Someone needs to photoshop two dicks into that and make it a GIF :biggrin:
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    Is the realtor a dying profession?

    I've used a realtor to buy both our houses, and sell our last house, but I'm starting to wonder why. Whenever I'm looking at houses, I go and look on Zillow/Trulia/etc... to see what's on the market. I can email or call a seller to set of a time to come look at the house if they provide that...
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    Ethanol Scam

    http://www.centredaily.com/2013/01/14/3464385/ethanol-scam-drives-food-prices.html Is anyone else sick and tired of having ethanol added to their gas? Is this something both republicans and democrats can agree on? Corn based ethanol is such a terrible idea. It ruins small engines (or you...
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    About to get fubar by the township

    Just heard about their latest project to bring water and sewer out to this upscale new subdevelopment a few miles out of town. Our road just happens to be on the way there and the township is going to let us in on this new opportunity (read: force us) to get rid of our well and septic system...
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    What I don't get about the republican party...

    Why do they keep moving farther and farther right and keep scaring moderates away with all their bible thumping crazyness? The religious right is gonna vote for them no matter what, so why do they feel like they need to go so far right to make them all happy? All they would need to do is throw...
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    Question for ATOT DIY homeowners (flashing a ledger)

    See this image for reference: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/bignateyk/ledger.jpg (http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TFH/Projects/FH07FEB_FLABOA_01.JPG) I am going to be installing a pergola attached to the house using a ledger board. I understand how the Drip Cap flashing and Z-Flashing works...
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    How to tame a shy kitten?

    We found a feral kitten and decided to take it in. My guess is it's about 8 weeks old. Not surprisingly it is very shy. It hides under stuff and won't come out. We've had it about a week and it is eating solid food and using a litter box. How should I go about socializing it? It tries to...
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    Where were you on October 8, 1999?

    Well?
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    We're moving to new offices tomorrow...

    They finished renovating a floor in our building and they are moving our department to it. The only problem is now instead of everyone having individual cubes/offices we all have to share an office with a coworker (except management and PhD's). The offices are bigger and nicer (with windows)...
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    Amusing forward I got back in 1995 on AOL for all the ATOT handymen

    Essential workshop equipment:
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    Say what you will, but Brady freaking twins!

    :colbert:
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    Props to fed-ex/HP

    Ordered a laptop from HP with standard 5-7 day shipping. It shipped from china last night and is on the vehicle for delivery this morning. Even with the 12 hour time difference that's impressive. ----------------------------------------------- Jan 13, 2012 9:56 AM On FedEx vehicle for...
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    Online flame war between taliban and NATO

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/18/world/asia/afghanistan-twitter-war/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 LOL :D Actually that's pretty sad.
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    Lol @ the tags on this ESPN video:

    http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7246845/green-bay-packers-johnny-jolly-sentenced-6-years-prison "Purple drank" :D
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    A pretty solid rant on CNN...

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/opinion/granderson-right-lane/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 :biggrin: This one would make most of us here at ATOT proud.
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    Buried Fiber Optic cable near my house...

    What could it be? We don't have Fios or Uverse in the area. It's a fairly small town, so I would be surprised if it was something the township put there. There are white posts with an orange cap on them that say buried fiber optic cable, and they run every few hundred yards down my street...
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    Who here has the cheapest ride?

    (Blue Book value of your car / Gross Yearly Income) * 100 My car works out to be 0.5% of my yearly income. People must see me driving it and think I work at McDonalds and live in a trailer :awe:
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    Recommend me a small compact hand gun (YAGT)

    I'm in the market for a small lightweight handgun that I can carry with my while backpacking/hiking. I am looking at the Ruger LCP (http://www.ruger.com/products/lcp/index.html?r=y), but would like some other options if anyone thinks there are any better choices?
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    Consultants of ATOT

    How do you find work? Do you let work come to you (i.e. put your resume/web site out for other people to find), or do you actively seek out job postings? Where do you look to find job postings who want consulting work?
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    Venting about the neighbors

    I don't have any :twisted:
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    NFL passing stats

    Is it just me or are QB's throwing for more and more yards in the last few years? If you just look at this week alone you have brady over 500, and several other QB's over 400 yards. It seems that a decade ago it was an accomplishment for a QB to throw for over 300 yards in a game. Now it...
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    Does anyone else...

    ..notice that things in their dreams often come true? I've noticed it my whole life. For example, the other week I had a dream that we had an earthquake (I live in PA), and then the next day we actually had one. I get feelings of deja vu all the time. Even years later I will be doing...
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    Calling ATOT statisticians...

    I just bought a combination lock box that has 10 keys (1-10). You have to pick a 4 digit combo, but I found out that it doesn't matter what order you enter your combo in for it to work, so lets say my combo is 3456. I can enter 3456 and it will open. Or I can enter 6354 and it will open...
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    Handy-men of atot, help me find a tool...

    I need an open wrench to get into a really tight vertical space. I see these all over the place: http://www.bing.com/shopping/7pc-metric-pivot-ratcheting-wrench-set/p/887267354B31D0CD5006?q=pivoting+wrench&lpq=pivoting%20wrench&FORM=HURE They pivot just like I need them, but I need the open...
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    Network Logging software?

    My wife and I recently moved to an area that has no DSL or Cable, so we opted to get verizons LTE broadband with the MIFI (a little device that acts like a WIFI hotspot for up to 5 devices). Anyway, the rate is $50 for 5GB of data ($10/GB overage), which kind of sucks, but our only other...
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    Why not make rubber entirely out of blubber?

    :colbert:
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    What kind of dictator would you be?

    I'd like to think I would make a pretty good dictator. One thing I would definitely do is employ harsh punishment for crimes like littering. I mean seriously, what possible excuse could you have for littering? Usually when you kill someone or steal something, at least there is a reason...
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    I saw something cute this morning...

    I was walking in to work and I saw two bunnies wrestling like playful dogs. :awe: I thought about recording it, but I didn't want any passer byers to think I had a bun-bun problem.
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    If it were over 100 degrees in your office...

    ... would you just say fuck it and go home? The AC has been broken for the last couple weeks in this section of the building and with outside temperatures pushing 95 degrees, my office is pushing a hundred degrees (the thermometer has maxed out at 100). It's so hot I feel like I might pass out.
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    Linux newb here...

    I have a machine with redhat and gnome on it. I have always done my C/C++ programming in visual studio on windows machines. What is the best/most widely used C/C++ gui type compiler/development environment for linux/gnome?
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    Toilet paper at work

    The stuff they stock our bathrooms with is half-ply at best. It's so thin you can see through it. It needs to be doubled over at least 8 times before it is usable. Why don't they just put decent toilet paper in? People would use less of it, so it would even out cost-wise. /blog
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    Tax question

    My wife and I were in the 25% tax bracket. I just started doing consulting outside of my normal job which pushes us into the 28% tax bracket. My current employer will continue withholding at the 25% amount, right? Will I be penalized come tax time for this when I need to give them the other...
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    Weed beer?

    I was having a discussion with a buddy of mine whether it would be possible to brew beer with weed in it since it is related to hops. Would the brewing process destroy the THC? He brews his own beer and smokes the occasional doobie (medical of course :sneaky:), so I thought it might be a good...
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    Anyone know the inner workings of hybrid engines?

    I am looking into making a hybrid go-kart as a fun DIY project, but I am having trouble finding info on the web with just basic diagrams of how hybrid engines are built. So basically I want an electric motor to drive the wheels, getting its power from batteries (lithium ion?), and have a gas...
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    The house my wife and I were interested in buying burned down.

    My wife and I are going to be moving in a month or so. We were just about to start house hunting, and we both were all excited about a piece of property we both liked. It had been on the market for close to 4 years, and had the price slashed several times (originally at around 350K, and was...
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    "Seven of Nine" equals so fine

    :wub: